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Nationally Consistent Data Collection - Students with Disability

29/07/2015

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Nationally Collection
of Data on School Students with Disability

Dear parents/carers,

Collecting data on school students with disability helps
teachers, principals and education authorities support the participation of
students with disability in schooling on the same basis as students without
disability.

All Australian Governments have agreed to work together on
the annual collection of data on school students with disability.

All Australian schools participate in this annual data
collection.

The data provided to the Australian Government is aggregated
data only. Please be reassured that the Department will not provide on to
another organisation any data that can identify an individual student. The only
data being collected at the school level to be reported nationally is the:

number of students in the
school who are provided with an adjustment to address a disability;

level of adjustments we
provide for those students; and

broad category of
disability.

Consultation with parents is important not only for the data
collection but also to ensure you are aware of the adjustments being provided
to support your child. We will therefore continue to consult with you.

While only data that cannot identify your child will be
submitted outside of the Department, if you do not wish for your child’s
details to be included, please let me know.

Information and fact sheets are available to help you make a
decision from the: